Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama: No ‘attack’ intended — Hillary Clinton called President Barack Obama on Tuesday to “make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him” when she recently discussed her views on foreign policy in an interview with The Atlantic, according to a statement from a Clinton spokesman.

When Obama Beat Hillary, We All Lost — For journalists, the dog days of August are the worst. Nothing happens because Congress and the rest of you are all on vacation. So now is the time for whatever quirky column has been niggling at the back of one's mind, waiting for a break in the news cycle.

Was an Accusation of Plagiarism Really a Political Attack? — There aren't too many worse things you can suggest about an author than that his or her work is plagiarized. It's the book-world equivalent of spreading the word that a financial adviser has cooked the books or that the parish priest has designs on the altar boys.

Times Reporter Is Injured in Iraq Helicopter Crash — ERBIL, Iraq — A helicopter carrying aid from Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government to stranded Yazidi refugees in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot and injuring other passengers …

Over 4,000 BuzzFeed Posts Have Completely Disappeared — You may have heard that BuzzFeed recently landed $50 million in venture capital, with which it hopes to transcend its long-time status as a “content laboratory” for shareable listicles, strange quizzes and LOL-worthy videos.

Hey, Eric Holder: Voter ID Isn't Stuck in 1965 — The AG and his allies have claimed that voter ID laws suppress black votes. But finally, a North Carolina judge speaks the truth. — The middle of August is supposed to usher in the dog days of summer. But not this year …

David Gregory's flight to nowhere — David Gregory wasn't supposed to host “Meet The Press” on Sunday. He was on a planned vacation in Nantucket, where, the night before, he had hosted a special presentation of the Boston Pops, sponsored by Coastal Living and Real Simple.

McDaniel lists own lawyer as irregular vote — As Chris McDaniel's team continues to scour voting records to add to an expected legal challenge of his loss to Thad Cochran, it has listed McDaniel's lead lawyer in the challenge, and his wife, as irregular votes that should be tossed out.

German Artists Say They Put White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge — Mystery solved? I got a call this week from a pair of artists in Berlin who say they were the ones who pulled off the stunt of the summer, hoisting two big all-white American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge last month, swapping them for the usual Stars and Stripes.

Campus Activism: the Fight for Imaginary Victories — Campus activism is, by and large, the world of make-believe. Whenever students occupy a president's office, Tinkerbell is not far away. Whenever faculty demand a boycott, Professor Dumbledore winks at Professor Snape.

Koch-linked group cancels Michigan ads — A powerfully funded group backed by the conservative Koch brothers has canceled over a million dollars' worth of Michigan ads for the month of August, according to sources tracking the 2014 air war. — Freedom Partners, which had booked …

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